UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics 2003 provides a comprehensive collection of statistical data relevant to the analysis of international trade, investment and development, for individual countries and for economic and trade groupings. It is a consolidated reference for statistics considered by the UNCTAD secretariat to be of a particular importance for describing, in the context of the globalization, how developing and other countries have evolved during the last decades. Data are presented in an analytical way, through the use of rank orderings, growth rates and other special calculations, with a view to facilitate their interpretation. The Handbook is a valuable tool for research, policy making and education, and can also be used in conjunction with the CD-ROM or the on-lineversion.
The UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics 2003 offers to users reliable coherent data on the following subjects:
- International merchandise trade: values, trends and regional trade zones;
- Export and import structure by products and by regions of origin and destination, and related concentration and diversification indices;
- Volume and terms of trade indices;
- Commodity prices and relevant price indices; Trade in services: total trade and trade by sector;
- International financial data: current accounts, foreign direct investment, external indebtedness, workers´ remittances, etc.;
- Selected indicators of development: GDP and various social and telecommunications indicators;
- Import tariffs
